Apology helps cut jail time for armed robber

Remorse shaved some time off Deangelo Jones' prison sentence for the armed robbery he committed in Arlington Heights earlier this year, the Daily Herald reports.

Jones, of Chicago, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to the April 29 armed robbery of a 52-year-old Kildeer woman at a downtown parking lot, told the court, "I sincerely apologize for what happened."

In sentencing Jones to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, Cook County Judge John Scotillo acknowledged that "a longer sentence would not be inappropriate" then added that the defendant's remorse and willingness to plead guilty, thus saving the victim the trouble of testifying, factored into his decision.